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Reading Greece: Stamatis Polenakis on Art and Poetry as a Distant Memory of Paradise Lost

March 25, 2019 Reading Greece

Stamatis Polenakis was born in Athens in 1970. He studied cinematography in Athens, and attended Spanish literature and culture courses in Madrid (Complutense University). He has published six poetry collections: Το χέρι του χρόνου [Hand of time] (Omvros,…

American and British Philhellenes

March 22, 2019 Culture | Society

“We are all Greeks. Our laws, our literature, our religion, our arts have their root in Greece” ― Percy Bysshe Shelley The word Philhellenism derives from the Greek word philos (friend) and Hellenism (the study and appreciation of Greek language, culture and…

Vassilis Maragos: “Every people benefits from a deeper understanding of its neighbours”

March 21, 2019 Rethinking Greece

The Balkan region has long been associated with violent conflict, ethnic unrest and the fragmentation of states. Political scientist Vassilis Maragos’ recently published the book «Only of this boast I: that I loved the fatherland». Romantic patriotism and…

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  Reading Greece: Yannis Goranitis on Athens as an Inspiring Literary City

  Mar 20, 2019 Reading Greece
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  Remembering Melina – 25 Years After

  Mar 19, 2019 Culture | Society
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  Rethinking Greece: Henriette-Rika Benveniste on the history of Greek Jewish communities and the rise of the extreme right in Europe

  Mar 17, 2019 Rethinking Greece
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  Reading Greece: Giorgos Lillis on Writing as a Means of Self-Reflection

  Mar 16, 2019 Reading Greece
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  Athens Anaplasis: Urban renewal

  Mar 13, 2019 Business | Innovation | Education
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  Reading Greece: Orfeas Apergis on Poetry as Ferment, Experimentation and a Promise of Revolution

  Mar 12, 2019 Reading Greece
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  Reading Greece: Yiannis Antiochou on Poetry as an Attempt to Conquer the Map of the Unconscious

  Mar 11, 2019 Reading Greece
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  Apokries: The Greek Carnival

  Mar 07, 2019 Culture | Society
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  Reading Greece: Konstantina Georganta on Athens In a Poem and Urban Poetics

  Mar 06, 2019 Reading Greece
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  Reading Greece: Maria Topali on Poetry as a Means to Imagine Radically Different Realities

  Mar 03, 2019 Reading Greece
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  Filming Greece | “Olympia” a documentary on Olympia Dukakis: meet the director and producer

  Mar 01, 2019 Filming Greece
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  Reading Greece | Dr. Kostas Gouliamos on Mikis Theodorakis and the “Dialectics of Harmony”

  Feb 28, 2019 Reading Greece
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  Filming Greece | 21st Thessaloniki Documentary Festival: Eleni Androutsopoulou on this year’s Greek films

  Feb 26, 2019 Filming Greece
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  Reading Greece: Christos Koukis on Poetry as an Antidote to Loneliness

  Feb 26, 2019 Reading Greece
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  China’s image in Greece: Great Expectations

  Feb 21, 2019 Opinion | Analysis
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  Dr Stephen Miller on uncovering the Sanctuary of Zeus and the revival of the Nemean Games

  Feb 20, 2019 Arts in Greece
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  Reading Greece: Kallirroi Parousi on the Subversive Function of Literature

  Feb 19, 2019 Reading Greece
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  Filming Greece | Eva Stefani on the immersing power of documentaries and loving people on the fringe

  Feb 18, 2019 Filming Greece
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  Constitutional amendment approved in first-round voting

  Feb 15, 2019 Politics | Polity
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  Filming Greece | “Her Job”: Emancipation through exploitation

  Feb 14, 2019 Filming Greece
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  Reading Greece| Victoria Hislop: I want to get my short stories turned into short films to introduce people to another side of Greece!

  Feb 13, 2019 Reading Greece
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  Reading Greece | Richard Clogg: “I am continually struck by the ignorance of the recent history of Greece that exists in the UK”

  Feb 08, 2019 Reading Greece
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  PM Alexis Tsipras in Ankara: We must build a relationship of mutual respect

  Feb 07, 2019 Politics | Polity
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  Reading Greece | Sharon Gerstel: “Byzantine History opened my eyes to a culture that has long been marginalized in our studies”

  Feb 06, 2019 Reading Greece
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  Loukas Tsoukalis: The Prespes Agreement puts an end to a long and divisive dispute

  Jan 31, 2019 Opinion | Analysis
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  Alexis Tsipras: The time has come for a new Greece

  Jan 31, 2019 Opinion | Analysis
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  Thomas Korovinis: “My Thessaloniki”

  Jan 31, 2019 Culture | Society
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  5th Southern EU Countries Summit - Joint Declaration

  Jan 30, 2019 Politics | Polity
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  Minimum wage increase : A critical step towards reviving the Greek labour market

  Jan 29, 2019 Politics | Polity
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  International leaders and press on the Prespes Agreement ratification by Greek Parliament

  Jan 28, 2019 Politics | Polity
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  Greece: Business Opportunities in Cannabis

  Jan 28, 2019 Business | Innovation | Education
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  Rethinking Greece: Alexis Heraclides on foreign policy formation in Greece, the Macedonian Question and the need for a secure national identity

  Jan 24, 2019 Rethinking Greece
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  The importance of the Greek community abroad for Greece

  Jan 24, 2019 Opinion | Analysis
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  Dr. Androula Nassiopoulou on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology in Greece

  Jan 23, 2019 Innovative Greece
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  Filming Greece | “The Waiter”: Green and hypnotically charming

  Jan 22, 2019 Filming Greece
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  Government wins vote of confidence

  Jan 17, 2019 Politics | Polity
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  Filming Greece | Hellas Filmbox Berlin 2019: No more Walls

  Jan 16, 2019 Filming Greece
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  Reading Greece | Writer Elias Kafaoglou: “The democratisation of desires is what I’d like to hold on to from the ‘digital age’”

  Jan 15, 2019 Reading Greece
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  Enterprise Greece – Setting up a company in Greece

  Jan 14, 2019 Business | Innovation | Education
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  Rethinking Greece: Maria Boletsi on Cavafy's 'barbarians' and on making Greece and its culture part of transnational debates

  Jan 09, 2019 Rethinking Greece
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  Filming Greece | “Pause”: An accurate portrayal of the acute pain of oppression

  Jan 09, 2019 Filming Greece
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  Meropi Tzoufi on Greek-language education abroad

  Jan 07, 2019 Government | Policy
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  Art historian Alexandra Kouroutaki on Christmas in Modern Greek painting

  Dec 19, 2018 Arts in Greece
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  Historian Stathis Pavlopoulos on "Metapolitefsi.com" platform by ASKI

  Dec 14, 2018 Media & Greece
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  Filming Greece | Vasilis Kekatos takes his Fish to Sundance

  Dec 14, 2018 Filming Greece
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  20th Annual Capital Link "Invest in Greece" Forum

  Dec 12, 2018 Business | Innovation | Education
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  Filming Greece | “Give a little loving to Greek Cinema … aka the need for a single cinematic policy”

  Dec 10, 2018 Filming Greece
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  Action Plan for a Sustainable and Equitable Development

  Dec 08, 2018 Politics | Polity
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  International Cavafy Summer School 2019: "Cavafy’s Orient/ations"

  Dec 07, 2018 Culture | Society
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  Reading Greece | “111 Places in Athens That You Shouldn't Miss”: The stories that make up a city

  Dec 05, 2018 Reading Greece
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  Greek Politics Specialist Group: An international network for the study of Greek politics

  Dec 04, 2018 Business | Innovation | Education
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  Professor José António Costa Ideias on Greek language and literature in Portugal

  Dec 04, 2018 Culture | Society
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  Filming Greece | “BEYOND BORDERS” International Documentary Festival, Castellorizo: From the edge of the Aegean to the world

  Dec 03, 2018 Filming Greece
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  The Thorny Challenge of Business Innovation

  Nov 28, 2018 Business | Innovation | Education
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  Rethinking Greece: Dimitra Vassiliadou on the history of emotions, sexuality and Greek historiography

  Nov 27, 2018 Rethinking Greece
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  R&D spending in Greece reached a record high in 2017

  Nov 26, 2018 Business | Innovation | Education
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  Revithoussa LNG terminal set to become South East Mediterranean emergy hub

  Nov 23, 2018 Business | Innovation | Education
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  MIRfestival 2018

  Nov 22, 2018 Culture | Society
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  First post-memorandum budget tabled in Parliament

  Nov 21, 2018 Politics | Polity
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  Filming Greece | “Dance Fight Love Die. With Mikis On the Road": an idiosyncratic portrait of an idiosyncratic artist

  Nov 20, 2018 Filming Greece
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  “The Science & Orthodox Christianity Relationship” Int’l Conference

  Nov 19, 2018 Culture | Society
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  Strategy expert Yiorgos Mylonadis: “Greek entrepreneurs must adopt a global mindset”

  Nov 16, 2018 Innovative Greece
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  Reading Greece: Riikka Pulkkinen on Greek Literature in Finland

  Nov 14, 2018 Reading Greece
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  “Sephardic Jews - History and Culture” event

  Nov 14, 2018 Culture | Society
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  Greece - State of the Environment Report 2018

  Nov 13, 2018 Politics | Polity
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  PM Alexis Tsipras: "The Social Democrats and the Left must meet on the basis of a progressive plan for 21st century Europe"

  Nov 12, 2018 Politics | Polity
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  The Emile awards nominees announced at the Ministry of Digital Policy, Telecommunications and Media

  Nov 09, 2018 Politics | Polity
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  9th Biennale of Young Greek Architects

  Nov 09, 2018 Culture | Society
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  ΙΟΒΕ: Investment activity to grow 12-14% in 2019

  Nov 07, 2018 Business | Innovation | Education
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  Athens: European Capital of Innovation 2018

  Nov 07, 2018 Business | Innovation | Education
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  2nd Athens Innovation Festival

  Nov 06, 2018 Business | Innovation | Education
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  The portrayal of women in Modern Greek painting

  Nov 05, 2018 Culture | Society
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  Manos Hadjidakis: The grand poet of Greek music

  Nov 02, 2018 Culture | Society
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  59th Thessaloniki International Film Festival: Charity and alterity in cinema celebration

  Nov 01, 2018 Culture | Society
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  Greek scientific publications increase their impact

  Oct 30, 2018 Business | Innovation | Education
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  Alexis Tsipras: "Constitutional revision a historic opportunity for progressive forces in Greece"

  Oct 30, 2018 Politics | Polity
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  Home new Home continues giving voice to Refugees

  Oct 29, 2018 Culture | Society
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  Reading Greece | Interview with Greek poet Nikolaos Vlahakis

  Oct 29, 2018 Reading Greece
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  Axel Sotiris Walldén on Greece and Sweden during the Axis Occupation and the military dictatorship

  Oct 25, 2018 Quo Vadis Europa?
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  "Lament from Epirus" An Odyssey into Greek folk music

  Oct 25, 2018 Arts in Greece
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  Bulgarian photojournalist Anthony Georgieff: "Greeks have a well developed sense of communality"

  Oct 24, 2018 Culture | Society
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  6th Athens Biennale: ANTI-

  Oct 23, 2018 Culture | Society
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  Filming Greece | Thanasis Neofotistos on portraying people in their private Twilight Zone

  Oct 22, 2018 Filming Greece
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  Alternate Minister for Research and Innovation addresses the 67th ERC Scientific Council plenary meeting

  Oct 22, 2018 Business | Innovation | Education
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  Maria Papafigou on the projects of OOAK Architects - The meltemi wind that takes Greece everywhere

  Oct 18, 2018 Arts in Greece
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  Sissy Alonistiotou: "Media literacy is a fundamental tool for combating bias and hate speech"

  Oct 17, 2018 Media & Greece
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  The Athens Games Festival strikes back!

  Oct 17, 2018 Politics | Polity
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  Reading Greece | Alexis Panselinos: “A writer must stand courageously in front of the mirror that is his art”

  Oct 16, 2018 Reading Greece
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  SEESOX Diaspora: New research project and website on Greek Diaspora

  Oct 14, 2018 Business | Innovation | Education
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  German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier apologizes for Nazi crimes

  Oct 12, 2018 Politics | Polity
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  Filming Greece | The 15th San Francisco Greek Film Festival returns with a vengeance (and a new award)

  Oct 11, 2018 Filming Greece
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  “12 October 1944 - Free Athens” The city commemorates the 74th anniversary of its liberation

  Oct 11, 2018 Culture | Society
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  Visual designer Charis Tsevis: “Education is our only weapon and best hope for the future”

  Oct 10, 2018 Arts in Greece
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  Greek Books @ the 70th Frankfurt Book Fair

  Oct 09, 2018 Culture | Society
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  1st Biennale of Western Balkans: Interview with Director Christos Dermentzopoulos

  Oct 05, 2018 Arts in Greece
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  Tragedy 2.0_Athens 2018

  Oct 05, 2018 Culture | Society
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  Costas Varotsos: The Poet Sculptor

  Oct 04, 2018 Culture | Society
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  Modern Greek Studies: Present state, future prospects: Interviews with Konstantinos Dimadis and Vassilios Sabatakakis on the occasion of the 6th European Congress in Lund

  Oct 03, 2018 Culture | Society
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  Stelios Rallis, Secretary General for Digital Policy, on Greece's digital skills training projects

  Oct 02, 2018 Government | Policy
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  4th International Poetry Festival – Athens 2018

  Sep 28, 2018 Culture | Society

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